Of the scores of new music books that are published every month about ten are worth serious investigation and of those perhaps one or two will be reviewed outside of the pages of The Wire or Record Collector. Here are six books, out this month, that we will hopefully return to in more detail :
Woolgathering by Patti Smith (Bloomsbury Publishing 96pp hdbk £10)
Patti Smith : A Biography by Nick Johnstone (Omnibus Press 320pp pbk £9.95)
Dick Clark and the History of Rock'n'Roll by the Editors of Life Magazine (Life 80pp hdbk £11.24)
No Regrets : Writings On Scott Walker : Collected Pieces by Rob Young (Orion 288pp hdbk £20)
Brit Wits : A History of British Rock Humor by Iain Ellis (Intellect 208pp pbk £16)
Bert : The Life & Times of A.L Lloyd by Dave Arthur (Pluto Press 456pp hdbk £24.99)
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